Pai Gow Poker is a card game played with a 53-card deck
consisting of a standard deck of 52 cards plus one Joker. In this version of Pai
Gow Poker, the banker (or house) always plays as the dealer and covers all bets,
and the player only competes against the dealer. The player receives seven
cards, which must then be set or split into two poker hands: a five-card hand
and a two-card hand. Once split, the players two hands are compared with the
dealers two hands to determine the winner.
The bank pays the winnerminus a 5% commissionand the game ends. The commission
is 5% of the bet and is rounded up to the next quarter. For example, a minimum
bet of $6 would be a commission of 50 cents. (5% of $6 = 30 cents, but since the
commission is rounded up to the next 25 cents; the commission is actually 50
cents. 5% of $11 = 55 cents, which makes the actual commission 75 cents.)
Pai-Gow Poker Rules:
5 card hand must rank higher than the 2 card hand
Cards are ranked according to standard poker rules (chart below)
Joker can only be used to complete straights or flushes, otherwise it counts as
an Ace
Dealer wins any copied hand
The Player can win if:
Both the 5-card and the 2-card poker hand outrank the dealers hand.
